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By Michelle Robertson and and Alix Martichoux, SFGATE Editor’s note: SFGATE is exploring how people’s lives change after leaving the Bay Area, for better or for worse, in a new series. Today we’re focusing on those who have relocated to the Canada. We’ll explore other rel...

By WIC News Reporter The vetting processes behind citizenship by investment schemes in the Caribbean have been lauded by industry experts as some of finest in the world. And the older programmes – in particular those of St Kitts and Nevis and Dominica – have been praised for confronting hurdles...

By Alison Millington, Business Insider The super-rich are no longer just spending their money on private jets, yachts, and hotels — they’re also splashing out on second passports. The Second Citizenship Survey 2017 from CS Global Partners found that 89% of people would like to own a secon...

Special Report Financial Times by David Turner Anyone idly scanning Cyprus property websites dreaming of a home in the sun is likely to notice a strange phenomenon: a surprising number of properties on sale for precisely €2m. The explanation for this mysterious clustering lies in the burgeo...

By Larry Light, Moneywatch, CBS News As the scion of a major New York real estate family and a top adviser to his father-in-law, President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner has a treacherous road ahead, rife with pitfalls that could embroil him in conflict of interest allegations. Most of these potentia...

By Katherine Clarke and E.B. Solomont, The Real Deal Jared Kushner’s role in the White House has made his family’s EB-5 project in Jersey City notorious worldwide. But EB-5 insiders say any shady behavior by Kushner Companies is par for the course in a program that is opaque by design. EB-5 capi...

By Debbie Carlson, Contributor, Money.usnews.com Following the last two U.S. presidential elections, some Americans have idly claimed that they would move abroad if their candidate didn’t win. Americans do move out of the U.S. for jobs or other reasons, but the decision to become an exp...

By Adrian Bishop, OPP.Today President Trump’s travel ban is likely to have a knock-on effect to the United States EB5 investment visa, say international property professionals. EB-5 participants must invest $1million in a project which creates at least 10 jobs or $500,000 in a rural or high-unempl...

By Eric Reed, The Street Every expat community has its unofficial watering hole. When I lived in Siem Reap, it was a great little bar called The Warehouse. In Bangkok, an outdoor spot called Cheap Charlie’s has held down the fort for a generation of foreigners. Americans in Paris gather in and...

By Maryalene LaPonsie, Contributor, Money US News The stormy political climate in the U.S. has some people dreaming of life in a country where calm and civility reign supreme. For many, Canada is that country. “It’s the kinder, gentler neighbor up north,” says Nuri Katz, president of A...